Yes, same (also in Germany). I survive, can't complain too much, I prefer the advantages of not having a smartphone. But for example my neighbours have organized a WhatsApp group, which is nice, for stuff that goes on in the building and helping eachother out. There are lots of examples like that (parents groups at school, etc.) Another thing I'm noticing is that SMS is becoming less and less reliable, sometimes the messages not reaching the other part, particularly when changing country codes...
Can’t talk about unreliability, never had a problem with that. But for neighbors, a lot of people here (on average older and left-leaning) are on nebenan.de which is a nextdoor.com copycat. Unlike whatsapp it actually works on computers :)
